Specialty

Qualifications

Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK

Doctor of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK

Languages Spoken

Cantonese

English

Mandarin

Background

Dr Fong Kah Leng is an obstetrics and gynaecology specialist practising at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. She has special interests in gynaecological cancers and diseases of the vulva and vagina, with expertise in colposcopy and the investigation and treatment of pre-invasive cervical and vulvovaginal conditions.

Dr Fong provides a full range of outpatient services and surgeries in obstetrics and gynaecology. Dr Fong’s area of work includes pregnancy care and delivery, colopscopy, vulvoscopy, treatment of pre-invasive cervical and vulvovaginal conditions, management common gynaecological conditions such as uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, menopause and endometriosis, family planning, as well as hysteroscopy and laparoscopic surgery.

Dr Fong graduated from the University of Glasgow, UK. She has full registration with both the Singapore Medical Council and the General Medical Council of UK. She has practised obstetrics and gynaecology in the UK, Singapore and New Zealand.

Before leaving Singapore General Hospital for the private sectors, Dr Fong was actively involved in teaching. She was a clinical physician faculty member of the Singhealth Obstetrics & Gynaecology Residency Programme. She was a clinical teacher and examiner with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine. She was also involved as a trainer for the postgraduate Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists course.

Dr Fong's postgraduate thesis for her Doctor of Medicine degree was based on her research interests in cervical cancer screening. In addition, she has presented papers on pre-invasive conditions of the lower genital tract at numerous medical forums and scientific conferences in Singapore and internationally. She was involved as Principal Investigator for a Phase III trial on the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. She was Honorary Secretary of the Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology of Singapore (SCCPS) and is a member of other related societies.